Henry pullwood



Patented may 2, I899.

H. FULLWOOD.

[100B STUP.

(Application filed Sept. 29, 1898.)

(No llodel.)

UNITED STATES PATENT CEEICE.

HENRY FULLWOOD, OF NORTH CARLTON, VICTORIA.

DOOR-STOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 624,007, dated May 2, 1899. Application filed September 29, 1898. Serial No. 692,153. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY FULLWOOD, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at No. 337 Canning street, North Carlton, in the Colony of Victoria, have invented a certain new and useful Improved Door-Stop, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide an appliance by means of which doors may be secured in a partly-open position.

The invention is specially applicable to cabin-doors, and in its use the rattling of the door, which is usual with appliances commonly in use, is obviated.

The stop may be applied generally to doors, gates, window-casements, and the like.

In order to make my invention clear, I shall now refer to the accompanying sheet of draw-' ings, in which- Figure 1 shows the appliance attached to a door and its frame, the door being represented as partly open. Fig. 2 represents a view of the appliance detached, to a larger scale, in position when door is closed. Fig. 3 represents a sectional view taken on line 1 1 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4, a sectional view taken on line 2 2 of Fig. 2.

In the drawings, A represents portion of a door; B, the fixed frame upon which the door is hung; C, a plate which is secured to the door, preferably to its middle rail. Upon this plate is secured a recessed or bent plate D, which, with the plate C, forms a guide and case to receive a slide-plate, as hereinafter described.

To the frame of the door is secured a bent plate E. A rod F is hinged to the said plate E by pin f passing through lugs e on plate. The rod F is linked to a bifurcated piece G, and this piece G receives the screw end of a bifurcated piece L, to which the slide-plate H is pivoted. The slide-plate H is thus free to move horizontally on the pin 9, vertically on the pin I, and radially on the'screw end of L, so that it will readily adjust itself truly within the case 0 D when fixed in position. The slide-plate H enters the groove formed by the plates C and D. The plate D has a recess in its inside face to receive a pressureplate J, which bears upon the slide-plate H. A thumb-screw K passes through the plate D of the case and is arranged to press upon plate J, so as to securely hold the slide-plate H between it and the plate C in any required position. The pressure-plate J serves to prevent the thumb screw K from wearing a groove in the slide-plate H. The plate C has an extended portion 0 of reduced thickness which forms a protector for the door and upon which the slide-plate H or its connections will travel.

In practice the thumb-piece K will normally be unscrewed, so that in opening and closing a door the slide-plate H will be free to travel forward and back in the case C D. To secure the door partially or fully open, the thumb-piece K is screwed tightly down, causing the plate J to securely hold the slide-plate H against the plate C. The screw Kmay be set so that its pressure on the plate J will be sufficient to hold the slide-plate H in the desired position, but will allow of its travel on the opening or closing of the door by a person entering or leaving a room.

Having now particularly described and as certained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is 1. In a door-stop, the combination with a slide-plate, guide-plates adapted to be fixed to the door to receive said slide-plate and a plate adapted to be fixed to the door-frame and having a rod hinged thereto, of a compound hinged joint connecting said rod to the slide plate and consisting of a bifurcated piece hinged to said rod and another bifurcated piece pivoted to the slide-plate and provided with a screw end fitting into the end of the first-mentioned bifurcated piece, thus per mitting the slide-plate to always adjust itself to lie and move easily in the case, as set forth.

2. In a door-stop, the combination with the plate E and rod F hinged thereto, of plate C having a portion 0 of reduced thickness, recessed plate D, plate H adapted to slide between plates C, D, pressu re-plate J within the recessed plate D, thumb-screw K, and a compound hinged joint between the slide-plate H and rod F consisting of a bifurcated piece G to which the rod F is linked and the bifurcated piece L to which the slide-plate H is pivoted, the said piece L having a screw end connecting with the piece G, substantially as set forth.

Signed at Melbourne, in the Colony of Victoria, Australia, this 12th day of August, 1898;

HENRY FULLWOOD.

Witnesses:

O. W. WADE, A. I-IARKER. 

